Plastic waste is sinking to the Mediterranean seafloor, creating one of the world’s biggest deep-sea pollution hotspots, a ...

A new study has uncovered the Levant Basin as one of the world's most concentrated graveyards for plastic packaging and the ...

Plastic risk maps reveal hidden ocean hotspots where wildlife faces harm from ingestion, entanglement, and chemicals.

Eight million tons of plastic end up in our oceans every year. What it's done to this island is a stark warning.

Mediterranean Sea Posidonia oceanica seagrass is washing up on beaches in the form of balls—dubbed ‘Neptune balls’—full of ...

Every year, more than 8 million tons of plastic enter the ocean - bags, cups, straws, and many other items from the daily life of every person. But despite such a tremendous figure, scientists have ...

One of the most abundant pelagic sharks in the world has been shown to ingest both plastic and non-plastic fibers, which ...

Mermaid.kayleigh (@mermaid.kayleigh) detailed saving a small fish stuck in a white plastic jug. The creator said the fish ...

As plastic pollution emerges as one of the planet's most pressing environmental threats, Tulane University scientists have ...

Leaders from around the world have gathered in Busan, South Korea this week in hopes of finally striking a global treaty to reduce the world’s growing level of plastic pollution. Negotiations began ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...